Red Mosquito • View topic - How often to you shut down / restart your computer?

dyingonahilltop · **Posted:** Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:15 pm

I'd say once a week at most. I just leave it and let it go to sleep when I'm away from it.

conoalias · **Joined:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:20 am **Posts:** 31173

depends if i've used it for work or not, if yes i always reboot it right after i'm done. if not it could be on for weeks in a row.

matt00dak · **Posted:** Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:01 pm

Usually once every couple of days.

psychobain · **Posted:** Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:03 pm

dyingonahilltop wrote:

I'd say once a week at most. I just leave it and let it go to sleep when I'm away from it.

since im sleeping in the same room, i shutdown it 1 time per day

if i wasnt , i would probably leave it on forever

$úñ_DëV|L · **Posted:** Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:34 pm

Never unless I do something crazy like upgrade the kernel or decide to use Windows.

cutuphalfdead · **Posted:** Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:19 am

$úñ_DëV|L wrote:

Never unless I do something crazy like upgrade the kernel or decide to use Windows.

noaheb · **Posted:** Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:23 pm

every night :oops:

wont that help save things from crapping out?
or should i just let it hibernate?
ive heard thats not good but standby makes the stupid bright blue power button blink!

dell

conoalias · **Joined:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:20 am **Posts:** 31173

conoalias wrote:

depends if i've used it for work or not, if yes i always reboot it right after i'm done. if not it could be on for weeks in a row.

i haven't turned my home PC off since around xmas last year. at work i reboot a little more often because i run much heavier apps.

noaheb · **Posted:** Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:06 pm

conoalias wrote:

depends if i've used it for work or not, if yes i always reboot it right after i'm done. if not it could be on for weeks in a row.

i haven't turned my home PC off since around xmas last year. at work i reboot a little more often because i run much heavier apps.

i always thought that rebooting "solves" and "cleans" up allot when it comes to windows...so in doing that every night i figured it was good...
also if you havent shut down for so long what power mode do you have it go into (assuming you have a pc not a mac of course)

conoalias · **Joined:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:20 am **Posts:** 31173

no power mode on the PC, just the screen which turns off after 15 minutes of no activity. rebooting only cleans up if there is anything to clean up. i make sure there is none.

The_Crimson_King · **Joined:** Tue May 03, 2005 5:13 am **Posts:** 1600

i think i probably shut down my computer twice last year. maybe a dozen of restarts at most.

i don't think i've restarted or shut down in 2008 yet

onesacrowd · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:11 am

Doesn't anyone think of the energy they're wasting when leaving their systems on for long periods when away?

wtfisaledbetter? · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:21 pm

I usually turn mine off at night when I go to bed unless I have some torrents going.

conoalias · **Joined:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:20 am **Posts:** 31173

i think i might shut it down more often now. Comcast (my ISP) got me firm by the balls 2 days ago. they called to ask me kindly to stop downloading as i was in the top 3 users concerning bandwidth usage in South Florida. I'm still not sure to be proud or ashamed of that, but i'm gonna lay low for a month or so....

simple schoolboy · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:33 pm

conoalias wrote:

i think i might shut it down more often now. Comcast (my ISP) got me firm by the balls 2 days ago. they called to ask me kindly to stop downloading as i was in the top 3 users concerning bandwidth usage in South Florida. I'm still not sure to be proud or ashamed of that, but i'm gonna lay low for a month or so....

Heh, good to hear that you aren't being a dick about it. Some people feel that they are entitled to unlimited bandwidth while paying the same rates as everyone else. Your neighbors will appreciate your decrease in downloading.

conoalias · **Joined:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:20 am **Posts:** 31173

heh, i was more worried about my immigration status. when they called to say they needed to speak to me urgently about my internet usage i nearly pissed myself. you have no idea how relieved i was that it was just a complaint of bandwidth usage and nothing more.

simple schoolboy · **Posted:** Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:33 am

conoalias wrote:

heh, i was more worried about my immigration status. when they called to say they needed to speak to me urgently about my internet usage i nearly pissed myself. you have no idea how relieved i was that it was just a complaint of bandwidth usage and nothing more.

By 'immigration status' you mean your fervent support for terrorism, right?

conoalias · **Joined:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:20 am **Posts:** 31173

tryinmorning · **Posted:** Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:55 am

I do this everyday. Why not?

psychobain · **Posted:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:36 am

shut down before sleeping, noisy

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